Apart_A Moment of Demolition
It has been more than 30 years since massive constructions started to build apartment buildings in Seoul and other big cities throughout the country. A repetition of building, demolishing and rebuilding becomes routine scenes in our daily lives. This exhibition invites you to pay an attention on the presence of the buildings and get recognition for their placeness by showing spectacular images of redevelopments and reconstructions.
“Apart” as the exhibition title defines “separating something into the pieces” as well as “being away from each other in terms of space, time and distance.” Demolishing a building structure means not only physically disappearing, but also removing all traces we had left there for a long time. Jo Sang-Min’s photos capture the moments when each structure is being demolished. His works ironically inspire both a sense of frustration of being disappearing and a sense of catharsis of destruction.
Jo has continuous interests in contrasting landscapes the nature and man-made features make, and keeps having questions about an invisible truth about what they are really about. This exhibition provides a refreshing stimulation to those accustomed to disappearance.
JO SANG-MIN_AP_016H42M35S_digital-pigment-print_101x142cm_2011년
JO SANG-MIN_AP_09H13M01S_digital-pigment-print_142x101cm_2017년
JO SANG-MIN_AP_11H31M08S_digital-pigment-print_142x101cm_2017년
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